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The return of mauve and other things my mother would’ve loved

Bymichelle February 16, 2015August 4, 2022

I was so much more content to wear my brother’s old blue jeans than dresses straight off the set of Little House on the Prairie.  My mother won on Sundays,…

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Veera and Joji Knit Fort Worth

Bymichelle February 14, 2015August 4, 2022

I’ve been to Madtosh Crafts before, but never for a class.  In fact, I’ve never done any kind of craft with a group since college.  My first thought was to…

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Brandon Sanderson Book Signing

Bymichelle January 31, 2015August 4, 2022

Last year I fell, headfirst, into Brandon Sanderson’s cosmere.  It started by my stumbling upon his Mistborn trilogy and getting sucked in.  A few months, and several books later, I…

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Renfrew

Bymichelle January 26, 2015August 4, 2022

Just two more knits and I’ll have knit the entire Island book.  When I do, I’ll celebrate by wearing all of it: sweater hat, mitts, scarf, and cowl all on…

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My First Event

Bymichelle January 20, 2015August 4, 2022

This is going to be a very fiber geek kind of post.  There will be terms like “Fiber Event” and “Knit Night” sprinkled throughout, and I will write with a…

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Worst. Knitting. Photos. Ever. 2014

Bymichelle January 5, 2015August 3, 2022

There’s this file on my computer named: Worst. Photos. Ever Knitting photos make up the bulk of them.  You know how lots of knitters are doing the best and worst…

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Knitting an Aviator Hat

Bymichelle December 30, 2014August 3, 2022

Because everyone needs a handmade aviator’s hat.  This is knit in Knit Picks Swish dk and Biggo that I won in a Holla Knits giveaway.  You can see the earflaps…

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50mm | cheap stuff | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud

Aidez

Bymichelle December 28, 2014August 3, 2022

Here it is: Aidez by Cirilia Rose.  This is a really big moment in my knitting this year.  I’ve done complicated cables before, but never this complicated while so much…

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cheap stuff | craft | diy | family | homemaking | linkage | my home | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud

Oh Yeah, I Was Gonna Do a Christmas Post.

Bymichelle December 27, 2014August 3, 2022

Oops.  I hope you all had a great Christmas.  I’m going to get right to the point: I have conflicted feelings about Christmas.  As far as celebrating Christ’s birth, I…

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Kingsley, Twice

Bymichelle December 15, 2014August 3, 2022

Kingsley, by Andrea Mowry, was a welcomed break from cabling.  I keep saying that, don’t I?  I’ve interrupted Aidez a million times with my incessant string of hats.  I guess…

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